Hi Group,
So I had to go do the shopping for the month--just go into town and get the staples to stock the pantry for the month. Nothing special. It was chilly here last night, and when I left the house there was frost on the ground where the sun hadn't hit yet.
And some frost on the seat of the Yamaha. Well, that's not good....but I have a towel handy, so I just wiped the seat, tightened the scarf around my neck, and headed for town.
Well, of course I was on the bike. A sunny day in December? I'm certainly not taking a car! Then came the usual trotting through the store, my jacket and helmet sitting on the "kid-seat" of the cart. With a full load of supplies, I pushed to the counter and the woman there checked my food and asked me if I was on a bike. I told her yes, and she asked how in the world I was going to get a cart full of groceries on a bike, and I smiled and said, "Well, I have this sidecar, and..." That's all the further I got. She had to tell me all about her rides with her husband on their bike, and how wonderful it is and how neat having a sidecar would be.
I of course encouraged her to just go get one.....it could work, who knows?
So needless to say, I was smiling all the way home.
Cold? A bit. But offset by brilliant sunshine. One thing though---sometimes I really wish I had a reverse. That would be nice.....
But the nicest thing is just having the chair, and extending my riding season through the winter, and extending the use of the bike/combo for things like grocery shopping. What could beat that??
I love that outfit!! (So I wanted to share...)
Barb:
You are effectively putting a "woman's slant" on this forum. There is no connection to a piece of technology, or a special sub=frame, or even a better way to fart in the bar unnoticed.
Your enthusiasm for riding is contagious...!!
Leo
Barb,
I like everything about your post--the everyday way these cool vehicles reshape our days--and that list of bikes following your signature tells me something I didn't know until a few weeks ago about motorcycles: you can't own just one!
Safe riding into the winter!
Tom
Hi Folks,
Wanna know why there was frost on the seat of Barb's combo? I know! I know! Because there's no room for it to be in her shed . . . and her shed is huge. Unless my memory serves me poorly, that list under the signature may have overlooked a couple of other bikes as well.. To say that the lady is a motorcycle enthusiast would be a gross understatement. I am proud to be included among her many friends, and would point to her if asked for an example of what being a motorcyclist is all about . . . please note that I didn't use the term "biker" even once. To paraphrase a saying from the '60's; Ride on, Barb, ride on!
I had two similar things happen, one last week and again yesterday. I was in the local auto parts house wearing a Harper's Moto Guzzi T shirt. The kid at the counter proceeded to tell me all about his mothers old Guzzi with a sidecar. She lives about 10 miles from me and I haven't met her!
Then yesterday I rode to town to get a haircut. The girl cutting my hair commented that the roads were a bit slick to be carrying a helmet. When I said sidecar she smiled and started talking about "Uncle Harvey" and growing up riding in his rig. :0)
hi think we've all been there but i never tire of it, the old lady reminising about her father & trips out on the old outfit, it also strikes me that every one had an uncle with a chair. i always take time to have a chat & am never in a hurry, what can be better all year round wonderful all purpose transport that pleases the genral public as well as the driver.
what other form of transport can do this.
Live in peace with your bike HACK IT.
Hank
Jim Dodson, the late founder of Hack'd mag, was fond of saying "you can't be an introvert and ride a sidecar"
